Had originally done the bmerdinian hybrid and was surprised to see pl 144 instead of 153 (before I saw this thread get corrected). Then downgraded to .75 and copied .122 Java and CDMA files into .75 - this yielded .122 pl 153 - Great! But still seem to have mem leak and VERY poor battery life.
About to try soupmeister's sequence, plus the MMS COD swap. Does this seem like the way to go at this point?

ALSO - 122 on top of 75 seemed to perform about the same as 114 hybrid 3 with no significant change in performance.

Will do. BTW the browser is screaming fast and the camera appears to be faster than before with better color rendering. Memory is down to 39.0 MB since my last post. Have a problem with the phone though. It only rings if in phone mode. Any suggestions?

then open Broswer, Press menu, options choose Broswer config
-Browser should be on Internet Browser
-Check all except support Java script
-Browser Identifiaction: Blackberry
hit back and save